Selected: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Name: | HAGUE, WILLIAM [2] |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1891-1901 |
Nature: | New cathedral, for Dr Patrick O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe. Tenders invited Sep 1890. Begun Sep 1891; opened 16 May 1901. Mountcharles freestone. Builder: McClay, Strabane. Completed under supervision of T.F. McNamara. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 1,8,10 Sep 1890,24 Jan 1899; IB 33, 1 Jun 1891, 130; 39, 15 Jun 1897, 106; 43, 6 Jun 1901, 754; B 81, 6 Jul 1901, 16; Architect 44, 31 Oct 1890, suppl.p.7; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 342-3; Feargal Tomas Harron, 'William Hague FRIAI: an architectural appraisal', Breifne VIII, no. 32 (1996), 713-717(illus.) |
Name: | MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1891-1901 |
Nature: | Designed by William Hague & completed under supervision of T.F. McNamara. Contractor: McClay, Strabane. |
Refs: | Obituary of TFMcN in IB 89, 11 Jan 1947, 10; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 342 |
Name: | PURDY & MILLARD * |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1901a |
Nature: | Carving inside great arch of nave, perhaps carried out by Daniel Gilliland. |
Refs: | IB 44, 13 Jan 1902, 1021; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 342; Paul Larmour, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland (1992), 128(illus.) |
Name: | CHILD, ALFRED ERNEST * |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | 2-light window (SS Finian & Mobhi) attr. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 42 |
Name: | JONES, FRANCIS WILLIAM DOYLE *# |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Statue of Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell. |
Refs: | Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1st edition, 1996), 147. |
Name: | CLARKE, HARRY * |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | 10 decorative clerestory windows |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 42 |
Name: | KING, RICHARD JOSEPH * |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Stained glass. |
Refs: | Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1996), 244 |
Name: | PEARSE, JAMES, & SONS * |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Pulpit and altar rail by 'Pearse & Co'. |
Refs: | Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 343 |